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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
CRIME.

DANIEL LYONS, on trial at New York fol
killing Joe Quinn, the athlete, was found
guilty Monday of murder in the first de.
gree.
OSCAR NEEBE, the anarchist, has been
put to work in the harness shop at the
Joliet Penitentiary. His convict number
is 1878.
CONSTABLE Potts and Deputy Hamilton
shooting John Hartley and Edward Worth
who had resisted arrest.
THURSDAY at Fayetteville, N. Y, F. M
Severance, cashier of the burst Farmers
Bank, was arrested for embezzling $50,
600 of its funds.
0. w. DURHAM, q civil engineer, tied
himself to the knob of an Office door al
Minneapolis, Mimi, Thursday, and sue
| ceeded in committing suicide.
JOHN PIERCE, the rufGan who shot How
ard Monroe as he was seated in the par.
lor of the Turner residence, in Pineville
KY, Sunday night, has since met with q
| sudden death at the hands of pursuing
Sheriff and posse.
Two WOMEN in Lottie VOLTS house of
| ill-fame at Duluth, Mimi, were chloro-
formed Wednesday morning, and robbed
of diamonds worth $2,575 and $515 in
cash.
ELIJAH GIBBONS, aged 55, married, and
| a church member was found guilty al
| Morris, Illinois, Tuesday, of "assaulting'
Nina Bartlett, aged IL, soldiers orphan,
| and was sentenced 80 the penitentiary for
three years.
In the Joliet Penitentiary Tuesday,
James Young, the murderer of 81. P.
Allen, of Sandwich, died of consum ption.
Another man had been imprisoned for the
crime, but Young confessed he was the
guilty person.
AT Middletown, N. Y, early Sunday
morning, Walter G. Brown, a veteran
soldier, shot his paramount, Mrs. Sarah
Henderson, widow of New York volun-
teer, and then cut his throat with jack
knife, dying Instantly. The woman is
severely wounded.
The Hon. A. w. Mcclellan, postmaster
general at Halifax, N. S., Monday admit
ted bribery by his agents in his election
for the house of commons, and his seat
was declared vacant. Personal bribery
charges will be heard against the gentle
man.
FIVE burglars invaded the house of DR..
Hornblower, Of Jersey City. Awakened
from sleep the Doctor made a hand to
hand pistol fight with the marauders.
Mrs. Hornblower getting in her work
| chiefly with chairs, telling enc burglar at
the outset. The Doctor fred his first
shot by the light of pistol fired by a
burglar at his wife. The Williams finally
stampeded, leaving the valiant doctor
badly wounded, but thirsting for his shot
gun.
A LARGE dynamite cartridge was found
at the door of a mercantile establishment
in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Attached to wrapper
was message to the proprietors order
ing them to close up their business and
leave in thirty days or be blown to HI
1t is suspected that the outrage was com
mitted for the purpose of frightening
the community into the employment Of a
large police force.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
Portrait of an Average Persian.
COSMOPOLITAN.

Let me try to give a faithful portrait
Of the average Persian. Under a thin
veneering of goOd-nature, hospitality,
politeness and amiabiiIty he conceals
every one of the seven deadly sins. 1t is
significant fact that no words CORES
ponding to our love, gratitude, virtue,
honor. patriotism, conscience or peni-
tence exist in modern Persia. The words
serving as substitutes have altogether
different meanings "Takewah" means
piety or rather observance of the ritual
istic laws; ''hunner" does not mean hon
or, bot smartness and cunning; "nemeki
haelal" and "nemeka haexam" literally,
good salt and bad salt) only refers TO the
| rules of hospitality; "peshimani" is not
| penitence, but grief at the non-success of
scheme, and "ishk" is not love, but the
only feeling the Persian knows under
| that name.
That the Persian is phenomenal liar
| is well known, and need not be iwelt up
| on. Like most towards he is also fond
| of inficting pain where he may do SO
safely. Cruelty seems Unborn with him.
have seen little children of both sexes
stoning poor cur to death and literally
hacking miserable cat to pieces just for
the fun of the thing, and without any in
| with THEFT active cooperation. The
death penalty is usually carried out with
a view of making the culprit undergo
the most horrible fortunes, and of afford
ing greatful sight to the populace. On
the Koop-Kapu in Teheran, the square In
the heart of the city where executions
take place, a half score of delinquents
are often placed OF. the raised platform,
snrnounted by the pole painted bril-
liant scarlet, and In full sight of the rab-
BILE assembled they have their thrOats
cut, their hearts torn out, their ears and
noses slit, their tongues pulled out, their
eyes scared or boiling pitch poured over
their naked bodies, to everybody's great
detection except the parties directly con-
cerned. Along the highways one meets,
stuck ia the ground, short hollo# pillars
with the upper end closed with gypsum.
| Each of these cantains a man, a con-
demned criminal, walled up alive. Faint
creams may often be heard by the passer
| bys for this mode of death is slow and
| very painful; but nobody thinks it worth
his while to liberate the poor wretch Or
terminate his sufferings by a merciful
blow "Kismet!' they say. "Such Is
fatep'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

a saw mill and planning mill, a door and
sash factory, and st. Roche's hospital, at
Montreal, were destroyed by fire Sunday
night. The loss is over 100000, with
heavy insurance.
The rough water in New York bay
caused steamer, vith',a thousand people
on board to collide with tug also crowd
ed with persons anxious to witness the
yacht race. One man had a leg broken
and six more were thrown into the sea,
but were speedily rescued. A big hole
was stove in the tug three feet above the
water line.
DETAILS of the hurricane on the Mexi
can border show that it's destructiveness
was even greater than indicated by the
sents an appalling picture of ruin and des-
olation. Many of the victims are In des-
titute condition, and unless relief is OBJ
tanned from abroad their sufferings will
be appalling.
The steamship Alesia which arrived at
New York Thursday night from Naples
and Marseilles with four cases of cholera
on board, is guaranteed in the lower bay.
During the passage sailors and passen-
gers died of cholera ano were buried at
bods LII rs OolI0f6u budt Gn6 NOW 1OrK
quarantine will be able to prevent the
spread of the disease.
NEAR Jackson, Tenn, Tuesday morn
ing, all the cars of Mobile and Ohio
passenger train ran off trestle forty
feet high, the engine alone remaining on
the track. Over thirty persons were
wounded, two or three of whom may not
recover. The escape of many of the
travellers from Instant death was miracu-
lous. Among those slightly wounded
is Mrs. M. E. David, of Peoria, Ill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06
VETERANS REUNION.
a Review of Thursdays Proceedings a st
Louis.

a Review of Thursdays Proceedings St.
Louis.
ST. Louis, No., Sept. 29.-It was long
after midnight when the arquet rendered
to the local and visiting CORES pondents
of the press by the California delegation
at the Armory hall came to close. There
were 1,20O guests and wine flowed like
water. Such veteran Journalists" as
Gen. Sherman and Gen. Fairchild, Ham,
bal Hamlin, Cows. Oglesby, Of Illinois,
Evans, of Colorado, we're the leading
post-prandiai speakers, and kept the
company in excellent humor.
The same old clouds ard drizzle made
tleir temperance this morning, much
to the chagrin of the promoters of the
great trades demonstration and parade
which is booked for tonight. Precisely
at O'Clock the secret sessions of the en-
campment and the Women's Relief corps
were resumed at the exposition building
and Harmony hall respectively. At the
encampment meeting, Department Com
mander Smedbury, of California, sub
mirted
AN IMPORTANT OFFRR
In behalf of John G. Capron and Col
Holabird, of San Diego. with view to
the establishment of G. A. R. soldiers
home in that city. The donation is in
the form of land, and is equivalent to
100000 in cash. OF this, the sum of
$4,000 is to be expended in the immedi-
ate erection of buildings, while it is pro-
posed to invest the balance in order TO
provide for an endowment fund. If the
proposition is accepted by the encamp-
ment, the home will be placed under the
control of three trustees, one appointed
by the donors, the second by the encamp-
ment and the third by the other two. The
usual red tape regulations of soldiers
homes will be tabooed and actual service
Grand Army membership, poverty and
residence in California will be the sole
qualifications for admission, The
scheme has been extensively canvassed
since the arrival of the various delega-
tions In the city and apparently meets
with general favor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

THERE seems to have been a reaction
or something else, in the liquor trade as
several breweries have failed of late
And nov distillery has followed suit
B. Wather d Bro, of Louisville, KY.
owners of the largest plant in the state
valued at 1925, OOO have assigned. The
liabilities are placed at $4,000. General
depression of the whisky trade and loses
by fire are given as the cause of the fail
ure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

APPREHENsIoNs in regard to the money
market naturally find their most striking
illustration in Wall street, and while the
feeling of alarm in that quarter may, as
respects the existing situation, have been
somewhat oyerdrawn it nevertheless was
instrumental in producing DUNG the early
part of the present week considerable
decentralization in the stock market, with
manifestations which at one time almost
verged upon the character of an incipi-
ert panic. Ringing as the situation does
in the estimation of the "street" upon
the relation of the national Treasury to
the money market the change of policy
announced by the Department by which
it offers to purchase $14,000,000 of bonds
of both the and ~ per cent. Issues was
regarded not only as giving far greater
assurance against contracting influences
in the money market, arising from the
tendancy of the treasury to accumulate
funds in excess of it's disbursements, but
as affording tangible basis for recov-
cry of general confidence. The general
advance in stock values which followed
the announcement has naturally given
place to more conservative feeling, but
while there is still disposition to await
results the general temper and outlook
of the market has distinctly inproxed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

The Encampment Formally Opened-Speeches
and Resolutions.
ST.. LOUIS, Sept. 28.-The encampment
was opened in due form III the entertain
ment hall of the exposition building, at
$3.50 p. N. Commsnder-in-Ch Gen.
Fairchild, presided. The annual address
of the commander-in- chief, which was
worry long one, was presented.
Fairchild's illusions TO the south
met with a most hearty re-
Spouse. Comrade Thomas, of Hin OILS,
presented a resolution which was
adopted under suspension of the rules,
that a special committee of seven be ap-
pointed by the commander-in-chiefw who
shall take into consideration and report
to this encampment upon the feasibility
of accepting tho invitations of the trus-
tees of the Logan monument in Chicago,
for the cooperation Of the 6. A. B. The
commander-in- chief appointed as such
committee, Gov. r. A. Alger, of Michigan;
S. s. Burdette, of Washington; 81. 81.
Thomas, of Illinois; John G.. Robinson,
of New York; j. A. Beaver, Of Pennsyl-
vania; Hannibal Hamiin, of Maine and
Chas. D. Marsh, of Massachusetts. On
the call of the departments great many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

RECENT changes in the economic pro-
gress of Great Britain formed the sub
ject of paper read before the econmic
section of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, by DR.. Robert
Giffen, the president of the season. DR..
Citizens study of the statistics of Eng
lands recent material progress mas led
nim to the conclusion that there has been
falling off in the rate of production of
taple articles in the last ten years, as
compared with the decades Immediately
preceding; that falling off in the rate
of advance has occurred in the great tex
tile industries and is reflected in the
figures of receipts from railway traffic
and of shipping in the foreign trade, and
that a similar decline in the rate of in
crease has taken place as regards the
consumption of leading articles, such as
tea, sugar, spirits ard tobacco, statistics
regarding which are often used as indi-
cations of material progress or the re-
verse. At the same time it is
found, on the other hand, that the
proportion of pauperism to the
population is decreasing, that the depos-
its in the savings banks show a steady
increase, as do the items of houses in the
income tax assessments, and that there is
a like increase in the postofice business
facts going to show that there has moi
been anything like q serious economic
retrogression. DR.. Giffen explains thi:
condition of things on the ground thai
industry is becoming more and more mis-
cellaneous of late years, and that increas
ing part of the population has been ap
piled of late to the creation of incorpor
cal products. He makes the suggestion
which will doubtless receive due atten
ton from statiscians, that owing to The
growing industry it is becoming more
and more difficult to follow its develop
ment by dealing With staple articles
only.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-06

resolutions were received and referred to
the committee.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
LIES MiLESTONES.
Some Thoughts Suggested by the Frequcn
Recurrence of Birthdays.

some thoughts SuSSeSteu inc
Recurrence of Birthdays.
l have just succeeded in passing All
other birthday. 1t was not Il counter
felt birthday, therefore l had no trouble
in passing it. 1t was the first birthday
l had seen for year. but it looked SC
natural that knew it the minute l saw
it. l have seen So many OF them, you
know, and they have been coming Sc
Internally regular of late, that | would
know one if l didn't see it. in tho
calm. still night, when nothing can be
heard save the mercury sliding down
into the bulb of the thermometer, my
birthday comes up the back stairs,
crawls through the kcyhole, and in les:
than Il minute l have another year
added to my age. This has been KEEP!
up unit! it has grown monotonous. but
what am to do about it,
When man is 4 boy, or rather be-
fore the boy becomes Il man, his birth.
DAYS come around so slowly that he
fears he will die of old age before he
will see the next one. and in some
cases it is :, pity he doesn't. He wants
10 be a man and spit tobacco juice over
the surrounding scenery, or put his
eighteen karat name on a prOmisSOry
note. He wants to be his own boss.
But too soon the day comes when he
would rather be boy than jim Cum
mings. You see, I've had experience.
When man hasn't time to recover
from rough and tumble with one
birthday before another one grabs him
and whirlS him around few times. he
may well remark: ''llere's u pretty
state of things
A birthday is something that we have
all had more or less experience with.
think. Some Of us. especially the Old
maid portion of us. have learned how
to handle it carefully and conceal its
blcmiShcs, or seIucster it entirely.
They think old Father Time is rather
fast for one of his age, and l don't
blame 'cm. What right has he to jum-
BILE ones birthdays together like dice
Ill Il DoA until .Nou uoh hho" "hSu
will come out first?
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago these
things did not weigh on my mind rs
they do now. Then l 81. on the fence
and whistlcd gladstone refrain rs l
swung Il sore toe athwart the glorious
sunlight. or tried to penetrate two
acres Of unsympathetic ice wifhmy fer
tile brain. l have long since turned
my back upon the past. but the past
don't care for that. The present. WITH
its corns and tOothaches, en.r"Sses 4
large portion of my time. and am
willing to let the past go. If | had it
to do over again. believe I'd he IN
old maid from the start, and then l
could get along without any birthdays.
NJ X. HIite, IN GoOd1'rs Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
The Schaffhausen Falls.

The nearest thing we have in Europe
to the Niagara Falls, the Rhine Falls
at Schafihausen. has just been threat
ened in exactly the same way rs the
great American spectacle. A short
time ago it was announced that Messrs.
Neher Il Sons. Of Laufen, were making
arrangements to construct huge dam.
by means of which they hoped to >ubSi-
die the Rhine to the degree of 1000
horsepower for the service of their fac
tories. There was at once Il loud cutlery
in the Swiss papers. A protest was
raised against the project. and an APP
peal sent to the Great Council OF Scha1-
hansen, in which the two pleas OF
beauty and business were made on be-
half Of letting the Rhine continue ON
its present course. The SchaffhauSen
Government has accordingly forbidden
the scheme on the twofold ground Of
..ideal interests" and 1.-the interests OF
the FremdenipiMstrie" -that Is to say.
OF the present value Of the Rhine Falls
As a spectacle attracting the foreigner.
Pull Mall Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
COSTLY PlAYTHING.
How q Famous Paris Critic Came NGa
Losing \ Precious Diamond.

How a Famous Paris Critic Came Near
Losing u Precious Diamond.
Apropos Of precious stones. l will
relate curious story told by the cclc-
DRAFTED Jules Janin. 1t appears that he
once came near losing the celebrated
Sancy diamond. said to be worth $780,
600 francs. 1t appears that he was one
day visiting the Louvre in company
with the Princess Demi,lOfr The latter.
rs the weather was WARM, took off her
shawl Oil which was her diamond
brooch. This she handed to the author.
and asked him to keep it for her.
Janin. of course. consented. and
slipped it into the pocket of his white
vest, and thought no more about it;
neither did the Princess. The next
day, however, she asked her husband
whether NJ. Janin had returned the
pin.
NO" replied the Prince.
They sent in haste to Janin's lodS-
ings.
"You don't mean to say it was the
critic. What canI have done with
it,"
He searched through his wardrobe
without success. Suddenly Il thought
struck him.
Il put it in the pocket OF my vest"
he cried.
..ln that case" said the servant, 1T
has gone to the washerwoman's."
Every body ran to the washer
woman's. The good soul was cautious
ly questioned. She must not be eX-
posed to too great n temptation.
''Oh! yes. brcastpin." she replied,
carelessly. II remember. didn't
suppose you cared about it. so gave it
to my youngest to play with"
Fortunately, the child was not far
of. He did not suspect that his play
thing was worth a million and half,
but it was quite safe. Janin. however.
never told the story without a shudder.
Paris Cot. n. T. Graphic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
MEXICAN VANILLA.
How tho Beans Are Cultivated and Pre-.
pared for the Market.

pared for the Market.
The vanilla bean usually called
vainilla) is the produce of an orchid
creeper which, although growing from
the root. is n parasite. as it will grow
even when cut from the root; for it
takes its substance from the tree, around
which it clings by means of its thou
sands Of fine tendrils. Like all para
sites, there are trees which are par
ticularly adapted to its support. They
are planted about ten feet apart, in
rows, ut the foot Of small trees which
are left in clearing the land. They be-
gin to bear the third year. and in
favorable years give from $500 to 81. 900
per acre. No cultivation is needed but
to cut down the grass and weeds, no
blowing or digging being necessary.
The bean is often gathered in Septem-
Der and October. but if left till the end
of November or December it comes to
perfection. 1t is then gathered care
fully and spread out in the sun on
mats, if the weather be favorable, but
if otherwise, it is placed in ovens; which
processes change the color from Il pale
green to a rich brownish or purpie.and
at the 81 me time develop the oil, which
on pressure, eXudes from the bean. They
are then packed in blankets while
warm. and put into large tin cases to
90 through Il sweating process: again
put in the sun, and again in the blank
cts. until they attain the proper color.
They are then placed in u dry
room upon shelves made OF
some open material, so that the
air can circulate around and
under them. This cvaporates all the
watery part of the bean. When suifi-
GENTLY dried. they are put into large
cases ready to be assorted into sizes
and qualities. The person that raises
the bean seldom cures them. for that
requires a good deal of care and spec.
ial attention. There are about fifteen
different classes, but they are sold by
the packers at one round price. The
people will work only about one hun.
dred days in the year, which provides
them with all they need: and as they
will do no more, there is very little in.
crease in the production of any thing.
When the beans are assorted, they arc
tied UP neatly in lunches of fifty beans:
each. and packed in eases often hold.
ing from two to three thousand. These
tin eases are lined with tin foil. aud .
ticket placed on the lid giving the
quality. size and quantity. Some five
or six of these tin eases are put into s
ncatly-made cedar-chest. which i:
sometimes lined with zinc and hcImct
ically sealed, so as to prevent moisture
from getting to the vanilla in trans
port, which would ruin it. These &C.
dar eases are then sewed in mats anC
covered with coarse ba"ging. to avoid
the danger of transportation on mules
In this manner all the Mexican vanills
goes to places of sale in Europe and the
United States. Formerly France wa:
the great market for Mexican vanilla.
but the enterprise of some of the Amer
can merchants has diverted the trade
to New York. which is now the great
depot of vanilla.-Drnggists' Circular.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
The Queen of Roumania, known

The Queen of ROumania. known in
literature as Carmen SYLVIA" has re-
Gently undertaken to deliver course
of lectures on national literature ut the
high school for girls in Bucharest.
Her Majesty has been for some time
accustomed to give lectures privately
in her palace to the young women Ut
the leading families Of Roumania.
These literary assemblies proved so at
tractive that the demands for admis-
sion grew incOnvcnicnt. and the Queen
therefore resolved to deliver her lee
lures in the high school to all pupils
who wished tO attend.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
"A curious sight illustrated the pow

"A curious sight illustrated the pow
erty of some of the London population.
4 boy of about sixteen years of age
offered to swim in the mud for Il sin
pence and lay fiat on his stomach in
the middle of the muddy street. while
making motions with his arms and legs
to represent man swimming. A
couple Of well-iressed young men
stood on the sidewalk amused ut the
exhibition which theirpennies produced.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
Paper bottles were patented

Paper bottles were patented in
America in 1888. Their sale was not
extensive Mt first; but now that Eu-
ropean patents have been secured, COW
ering nearly all fields of probable COM
petition, the controllers of the patents.
we are informed, intend to manufac-
ture the bottles in large quantities. Pa
per being an excellent non-conductOr.
fluids stored in alright paper bottles
will withstand more intense degree
of heat or cold than they could endure
without injury in bottles of any other
material. Boston Journal of Commerce.